Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-21
ABOUT STEAMBOATS,.
Who will Command some of the Prin-
cipal Rafters the Coming Season
The Poor old Centennial Other Boat
News

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The Poor old Centennial Other Boat
News.
The proprietors of steamboats, are en-
gagged in their usual February business,
that of offering their fleets. The Lambs
have attended to their steamers. Com
modore L. Lamb, who has exclusive
charge of the fleet. has caused every one
of the boats to be placed in the best pos
sible condition. and they will come out in
the spring practically as good as new.
Appointments have been made as fol>
lows:
Artemus Lamb-Steve Hanks, captain;
Harry BeaselY engineer.
Lady Grace II. King, captain;
VIM. Kraus, engineer.
CLANCY Lamt-Nm. McCaffery, cap
tain; Fred Hoffman, engineer.
La Fayette Lamb-Joseph Dooley,
captain; Ole Wilson. engineer.
Besides the above boats, which are all
at the bank 10 the slough south of
Clinton. are the w. j. Young. Jr., and
Norman Boardman, belonging to W. j.
Young and Co. The officers will be
Capt Paul kurtz, of Galens, for
theI former, and Capt Newcomb. of
Pipon. Wis, for the latter, The two
boatsl are in excellent condition for the
seasons work. The Abner Gle, Capt,
J. E. Shorts trim built clipper. is also in
the slough. The Lille Turner. near by,
will be captained by al. Hollingshead.
Capt. o. P. McMahon's Silver Crescent
wintered in Cat Tail and the Nina at
Lyons The Gardie Eastman, Capt.
Vim. Beausaw; Nettie DuIaut, Capt. Al
Duncan; Tiber, VERNE Swaine and Iowa
are lying in Fulton Bay.
The boats of the Matt Clark Transpor-
tation compauy's fleet will be Captained
as follows: The David Bronson, Charles
Twomley, the Isaac Staples, james
Newcomb; the ] + Graves, Irwin Mill
son; the Evansville, Charles Rhodes; the
Jennie Hayes, John Lsngford. The
veteran Brother Jonathan will be cons
manded by the veteran John Hoey.
Weyerhauser and Denkman have
manned their rafters, which are two of the
best on the Mississippi, as follows:
F. C. A Denkman-Captain, W H.
Whistlex pilot, James Hugenin; engineer,
undecided.
c. j. Caffrey-Csptain, Geo. Carpenter:
pilot Geo. Read engineer. Hugh Car
mon.
The Rock island Lumber & Mauufac-
turing company has given the rafter
saltwater. the following crew; Captain,
Geo. Trombly; pilot, A. Mccall engineer,
Frank Long.
PLAYED OUT OLD TUB.
A party of Burlington people visited
the old steamer Centennial yesterday
She now lies plump against the Illinois
bank on the upper edge of an ice gorge
about mile and half below POntooSuc.
unless she has moved within few hours
The boat is as dirty as she was when the
Sons of Veterans went pleasure riding on
her, and in addition, has been consider
ably worsted by the rough and tumble
experience she has had with the ice. The
men who were on her when she broke
away from her mooriugs at Dallas, were
not a little frightened at their enforced
and involuntary ride down stream among
the ice bergs, and were thankful at escap
ing Capt. Rand, of keokuk, weut to
the assistance OF the poor old craft, and
tied her up where she now lies. There
is nice question coming up in connec>
ton with the floating away of the big
Centennial 1t is likely to become
total wreck, and was at the
close of navigation tied up at Dalles
City by the general government pending
suit for violation of the United States
marine law. The property was in the
hands of the government, and the ques-
ton may arise, is not the government re-
sponsible for its care and protection? If
so, the elements may have assisted in
making good sale of the boat, for, like
the Great Republic. Richm md and many
others on the lower river, she was laid
out more for her display than utility.
TIE COMMERCE BILL.
An old steamboat captain writes the
st. Louis Republican that "now the in
ter-state commerce bill has become .
law, you will see great revival of river
business-a revival of the good old days
which, | surely think this country
greatly needs, Inspector Ashbury pre-
diets the same. So let all who are nov
having new boats built remember the
good old names, such as Grey Eagle.
War Eagle. Canada. Ben Franklin.
Golden Era, Northsrner, Denmark, D4v-
export, Dubuque, St. Paul, Itasca.
Northern Belle, Royal Arch, Rocket,
Northwestern. Galena, and others-ail
substantial side-wheel boats. built for
speed and the comfort of the travelling
pub ic. Let the St. Louis and S; Paul
and the Diamond 10 lines. and the An
cior line and other companies bear these
names in mind"
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